Machelle

Girl · recorded 1946–2015

  • 2015last recorded
  • 1968best year

Most popular in 1968.

Last recorded in 2015. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1946

05410819461963198119982015

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 60 recorded years as a table
Machelle, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19464
19486
19496
19513
19525
195311
195417
195516
195621
195732
195830
195949
196055
196167
196273
196361
196483
196588
196691
196796
1968108
196985
197084
197181
197266
197371
197447
197553
197651
197739
197829
197932
198027
198120
198217
198324
198416
198513
198610
198718
198812
19895
199012
199111
19929
19935
19947
19956
19966
19978
19987
19995
20004
20014
20033
20045
20054
20103
20125
20153

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Machelle isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2015
5
Rank in 2015
#16,419
How rare
1 in 357,019 girls
Since 1946
3,178

Machelle was last recorded in 2015. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1968, at 108 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Machelle doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.